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There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth. (John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908 – 2006) Following the disingenuous statements by LDS Church officials last week – ostensibly supporting anti discrimination measures for members of the LGBT community in housing and employment – the focus has been effectively diverted and short-stopped.…

Having seen the writing on the wall – and especially having come to accept the inevitable fact of the LGBT community attaining full citizenship under the law – The LDS Church officially launched “Plan B” today. And this, by paring up their call for laws protecting the LGBT community from overt discrimination, in housing,…

Plaintiffs, and attorneys from both sides of the issue, are preparing to face off – once again – over the legality of same-sex marriage. This time before a three-judge panel, at the 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Thursday, April 10, 2014. But having witnessed this battle finally go to the mat, as…

The Salt Lake Tribune, MSNBC, JournalTimes, Deseret News … THE HEADLINES ALL READ: Hawaii positioned to pass same-sex civil unions . Alright! Here it comes. Hawaii – poised to pass same sex civil union legislation, following the mid term elections. For the LDS faithful in both Utah and Hawaii, I would only counsel you not to look upon it…

(from Oct 14, 2010) . With the LDS Church’s focus on one’s alleged ability to change, it must surely be noted that members, from the ‘prophet’ on down, must choose to maintain their own preference for blind ignorance over rational thought. After all, no one is ‘born Mormon.’ No, seriously – the only reason those…

(from Oct 7, 2010) It seems whenever we have the specter of Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church, picketing a military funeral, or Boyd K. Packer, president of the LDS church’s Quorum of Twelve Apostles’, tumultuous headlines in the news, someone invariably points to the track record of cruel injustices historically perpetrated by various sects of the…

(from Sept 26, 2010) Utah has joined Idaho and Wyoming – along with Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, South Carolina and Virginia – in signing on with some thirty different state family councils,* to the latest amicus brief filed Friday, with the 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals, in again seeking to save…